Walt Whitman's Song of Myself is a big poem. It's long--52 sections--and it has huge themes. This makes it daunting, but it also makes it perfect for our project. Most likely, you got to this site by picking a card. A deck of cards was used because there are 52 cards and the poem has 52 sections. That card you picked was associated with a particular section of the poem. You are now in charge of that section. It will be your job to read and translate that section of the poem for the rest of us. If there are 13 singers in your group, you will be in charge of four sections. If there are 26, you will be in charge of two sections.
Why assign sections this way?
Some sections are long and some are short. Assigning them by chance seemed fairer. Ultimately, you will be responsible for reading, knowing and understanding the whole poem, so it is in your interest to help out your fellow singers. More on that on the next page: What Do I Do Next?
But First
If you didn't sign the card page as instructed, please navigate back to that page and do so now. If your card has been taken in the meantime, please pick another card, sign that page and navigate back to here.
I'll wait.
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Walt Whitman's Song of Myself is a big poem. It's long--52 sections--and it has huge themes. This makes it daunting, but it also makes it perfect for our project.
Most likely, you got to this site by picking a card. A deck of cards was used because there are 52 cards and the poem has 52 sections. That card you picked was associated with a particular section of the poem. You are now in charge of that section. It will be your job to read and translate that section of the poem for the rest of us. If there are 13 singers in your group, you will be in charge of four sections. If there are 26, you will be in charge of two sections.
Why assign sections this way?
Some sections are long and some are short. Assigning them by chance seemed fairer. Ultimately, you will be responsible for reading, knowing and understanding the whole poem, so it is in your interest to help out your fellow singers. More on that on the next page: What Do I Do Next?
But First
If you didn't sign the card page as instructed, please navigate back to that page and do so now. If your card has been taken in the meantime, please pick another card, sign that page and navigate back to here.
I'll wait.
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